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The official PlayStation Blog for news and video updates on PS3, PS4, PSN, PS Vita, PSPSun, 02 Aug 2015 16:48:56 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.3Inside the Tearaway Unfolded Companion Apphttp://blog.us.playstation.com/2015/07/31/inside-the-tearaway-unfolded-companion-app/
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2015/07/31/inside-the-tearaway-unfolded-companion-app/#commentsFri, 31 Jul 2015 16:30:24 +0000http://blog.us.playstation.com/?p=159825We recently announced our new Tearaway Unfolded Companion App, which will be releasing alongside the game when it launches next month. Today, we wanted to delve a little deeper into the app and share more about how it works. We’ve even made a shiny new video to show off the app and demonstrate the fun and exciting ways you can interact with the game, all from your couch!

The Companion App works using the official PlayStation App, which you can currently download for free with your valid app store account on your preferred app store, for smart phones and tablets. You can also use the PS4 Link “Second-Screen” function on your PS Vita to run the Tearaway Unfolded Companion App. So when the game launches, you can use your portable devices as a second screen for the game!

One of the main ways you can interact with the papery world using the app is through the trusty cutting mat. If you pick the scissors icon to the far left, you are taken to the app’s cutting mat where you can let your creative juices flow and draw whatever your heart desires! Draw a heart, a flower or whatever you fancy, hit the little stamp icon and your creation will be posted into the game where you’ll see your creation floating through the skies!

You can also use your device’s camera (if it has one) to take photos of the real world, which can then be imported into the cutting mat to be cut and pasted however you want. Simply hit the camera icon to launch your camera, and then start snapping away.

Your photos can also be used to texturize the game world and transform whatever sheet of paper your Messenger is currently standing on!

It’s also important when journeying through the world of Tearaway to leave your own papery mark, and what better way than by personalizing your Messenger! When you enter the Messenger customization screen, you can either use the app’s cutting mat to create new decorations and costumes, or you use your device’s camera to take photos that can be customized on the cutting mat to create your own unique Messenger! Fancy giving iota a beard? Or changing atoi’s eyes? It’s all possible with the app.

A really cool thing about the app: it’s context sensitive, meaning that players controlling the app can directly affect what the player is currently playing through in the game itself. You could be customizing your Messenger on the TV while your friend uses the app to cut out a beard which will then appear on your Messenger in the game!

If your friend takes a photo on the app, this will also appear in the game for you to cut up and edit on the big screen. And as you’re running through the game world discovering new lands and battling Scraps, anything made on the app (shapes, decorations, and photos) can be sent into the game, which will float through the air or pop up on the ground beneath your feet. It adds another layer to the fun.

You can also use the app to access tearaway.me, your personal profile page for Tearaway online. You can see all your progress in the game, including any photos you’ve taken and which papercraft models you’ve collected. You can also use tearaway.me to see what the community has been up to, viewing other players’ photos and seeing how creative they’ve gotten with customization. We also regularly pick our favorites on there too for our “Community Picks” section, so you can check out what we’re loving that week.

We hope you folks have fun interacting with the papery world and creating marvelous things! We can’t wait to see what you all make! Tearaway Unfolded comes out on September 8th in the US, 9th in Europe, and 11th in the UK. Pre-order today and receive the Crafted Edition loaded with lots of papery goodness!

]]>http://blog.us.playstation.com/2015/07/31/inside-the-tearaway-unfolded-companion-app/feed/9http://blog.us.playstation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/20153138791_c0f93a8ddb_h.jpg4.5Junior Community Manager, Media Molecule90New Tearaway Unfolded Trailer and Companion App Detailshttp://blog.us.playstation.com/2015/06/18/new-tearaway-unfolded-trailer-and-companion-app-details/
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2015/06/18/new-tearaway-unfolded-trailer-and-companion-app-details/#commentsThu, 18 Jun 2015 15:00:12 +0000http://blog.us.playstation.com/?p=157328What a week it’s been! After all the excitement and fanfare of E3, we wanted to take a moment to show you our fantastic new trailer for Tearaway Unfolded, and tell you a bit more about our brand new companion app which will be launching with the game on 8th September!

As you might have heard, a small group of Molecules packed up their papercraft suitcases and headed to LA this week to show off Tearaway Unfolded to the E3 crowds. To celebrate, we’ve made a brand spanking new trailer for E3, to highlight some of the beautiful, papery worlds you’ll be journeying through, the exciting new ‘thrown-forth’ features you’ll be using and of course, the exciting new companion app! Feast your eyes on our trailer above!

The Tearaway Unfolded Companion App is an all new way to experience Tearaway Unfolded on the PS4. If you own a smartphone or tablet, you’ll be able to experience atoi’s delivery adventure with your friends and family through a second player experience! Using the app, you can access the cutting mat to cut out new creations, customise your characters, re-texture the world with photos and collaborate on creative challenges! Everything you create using the app is sent directly into the game, instantly appearing in whatever scene you’re currently playing, it’s awesome!

We hope you guys enjoy watching the trailer! For more things Tearaway Unfolded, head on over to our blog where we’re sharing lots of behinds the scenes footage and extras from E3, as well as all our exciting news in the run-up to release – so stay tuned folks! It’s gonna be a rippin’ good time!

]]>http://blog.us.playstation.com/2015/06/18/new-tearaway-unfolded-trailer-and-companion-app-details/feed/28http://blog.us.playstation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/tearaway1.jpg2.36Creative Lead, Media Molecule280Tearaway Unfolded Out on PS4 Sept. 8th for $39.99http://blog.us.playstation.com/2015/06/12/tearaway-unfolded-out-on-ps4-sept-8th-for-39-99/
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2015/06/12/tearaway-unfolded-out-on-ps4-sept-8th-for-39-99/#commentsFri, 12 Jun 2015 15:00:04 +0000http://blog.us.playstation.com/?p=156714We are very excited to announce that Tearaway Unfolded for PlayStation 4 will be launching in North America on September 8th! Hooray! Not only that, when you pre-order Tearaway Unfolded, you’ll secure a limited “Crafted Edition” of Tearaway Unfolded filled with super dooper bonus content, which includes exclusive costumes and decorations inspired by some of your favorite PlayStation titles!

Tearaway Unfolded Crafted Edition

The Tearaway Unfolded Crafted Edition will include a shiny Gold Leaf and a shining Gold Stamp to wear proudly on your messenger, as well as an exclusive God of War and Journey costumes, allowing you to ‘journey’ through the world of Tearaway Unfolded in style!

You’ll also nab yourself eight custom decorations (from franchises such as Lemmings, Gravity Rush, No Man’s Sky, The Order: 1886, God of War, Infamous, The Last of Us, and Killzone), two super cute papercraft plans (Sackboy and Baby Wendigo), and a spectacular Pig Crown.

And if that all that wasn’t enough, we’re also including the official Tearaway Unfolded soundtrack featuring all original tracks from the game.

Whew.

We’ve been completely blown away by your excitement and anticipation for Tearaway Unfolded over the past few months, it has really inspired us and spurred us on during development of the game and we wanted to say a massive THANK YOU for all your love and support! We really can’t wait for you all to play it!

Pre-order the Tearaway Unfolded Crafted Edition today for $39.99! Tearaway Unfolded will be available on shelves and on the PSN Store on September 8th!

Sackboy scampers back to PS Vita this week with the release of our free-to-play, platform-survival game Run Sackboy! Run!

Race away from the Negativitron across familiar worlds from LittleBigPlanet and collect as many Bubbles as you can to enable you to purchase special costumes, upgrades and power-ups. You can even challenge your friends using the game’s social features and leaderboards to see who is the top Sackboy or Sackgirl runner!

Filled to the brim with missions to complete and with tons of stickers to collect too, there’s plenty of fun to be had with Run Sackboy! Run! and completing your very own sticker book will also unlock exclusive costumes for LittleBigPlanet 3.

Run Sackboy! Run! is available today on PS Vita, iOS and Android. It’s free-to-play, so head on over to PlayStation Store and download it today to begin your race across LittleBigPlanet!

The Order: 1886 – Galahad Costume
New DLC Available Now

The Order: 1886 arrived last month and to help commemorate this latest addition to the PlayStation family of games, we have collaborated with our good friends at Ready at Dawn and SCE Santa Monica Studio to bring you this rather noble Sir Galahad Costume for Sackboy.

This rather spiffy costume hand-crafted by our finest tailors can be picked up from the Store for $1.99 and will ensure that your Sackpersonage will be able to walk around LittleBigPlanet with an added air of nobility to their presence.

Spring Creator Kit
FREE DLC coming this month

Spring is arriving this week and a new season of creativity will begin for LittleBigPlanet.

Since it is the beginning of a new season, we will be re-releasing our traditional FREE Spring Creator Kit that is just full to the brim with wonderfully creative goodies that will really help bring that springtime feeling to your creations.

Spring Creator Kit — Available on the Store until Fall/Autumn!

LittleBigPlanet 3 Adventure Team Pick

Treasure Hunter by Felkroth

We continue to be amazed by your creations and wanted to give an extra special shout-out to our very first Adventure Team Pick!

So head on over to the LittleBigPlanet 3: Team Picks today, dive into Treasure Hunter by Felkroth and begin your life as a Treasure Hunter! If you have already played this level, why not tell us in the comments below what level your character is and how many Collectabells you possess?

We would love to know who is the top Treasure Hunter in the community!

New DLC available this week

LittleBigPlanet is always in need of heroes to help save the day and this week Sackboy joins forces with Disney’s Big Hero 6, the latest and greatest superhero team that have banded together to protect everyone from danger and peril!

The new Big Hero 6 Costume Pack comes with all the super-suits that you will need to become the Big Hero 6. There’s always a new adventure to be had in the LittleBigPlanet community levels and this pack will ensure you have just the right outfit for the job!

Each of the Sackfolk Big Hero 6 character costumes can be purchased individually or you can purchase the complete Disney’s Big Hero Costume Pack along with an additional Baymax Costume for Toggle that is an exclusive bonus costume within the complete costume pack.

LittleBigPlanet 3 Team Picks

Featured Community Levels to Play

Fossil Desert by yu-kamone

Chase the mischievous Newton across this Jurassic world filled to the brim with dinosaur fossils, rolling boulders and sticky, sticky mud pits! Newton is a skilled runner though and you’re going to need use a brand new Drill Power-up to clear obstacles out of your way and continue the chase!

Clockworx 3 by NuclearFish

It’s become somewhat of a tradition for NuclearFish to release a new Clockwork level at the launch of a new LittleBigPlanet title and LittleBigPlanet 3 is no different with his release of Clockworx 3. Jump into this almighty clock tower and see how long you can survive before your time runs out.

Smooth McGroove

Secret Gardens A-cappella

Many a Sackboy and Sackgirl will remember the classic Gardens theme from the original LittleBigPlanet game and many of you have now discovered that we included an extra-special collaboration with the brilliant Smooth McGroove performing his own a-cappella version of this classic LittleBigPlanet theme.

This track is hidden somewhere within LittleBigPlanet 3’s Adventure to add to your Popit and use in your very own levels, it’s totally interactive too so you can choose which of Smooth’s wonderfully melodic tones can be heard as players travel across your level. Good luck finding it! We look forward to hearing it more across LittleBigPlanet!

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]]>http://blog.us.playstation.com/2015/01/13/littlebigplanet-3-sackboy-meets-the-big-hero-6/feed/60http://blog.us.playstation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/bighero.jpg2.6LittleBigPlanet Community Coordinator608Frozen Comes to LittleBigPlanet: Elsa, Anna, Olaf and Morehttp://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/12/16/frozen-comes-to-littlebigplanet-elsa-anna-olaf-and-more/
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/12/16/frozen-comes-to-littlebigplanet-elsa-anna-olaf-and-more/#commentsTue, 16 Dec 2014 16:00:00 +0000http://blog.us.playstation.com/?p=146720It’s nearly 2015 and it’s about time to wrap up our activities on the PlayStation Blog for another year. But, just before we go, we have a very exciting DLC announcement to make based on one of our favorite Disney movies and we’ll also take a look at the community’s activities since LittleBigPlanet 3 was released!

Disney’s Frozen Costume Pack – New DLC available this week

The cold weather is fast approaching and LittleBigPlanet is about to become more Frozen than it has ever been before this winter; all thanks to the arrival of Elsa, Anna, Kristoff and friends from Disney’s Frozen!

With these brand new costumes for Sackboy, OddSock and Toggle; you will be able to have your very own adventures with the wonderful cast of Frozen this winter on December 16, 2014. We have no doubt that all of you Frozen fans will be crafting plenty of wintery levels that would make Elsa herself proud of their chilly creativity!

You can purchase each Frozen character costume individually for $1.99 or you can pick up the complete Frozen Costume Pack for $5.99 that contains all of the Frozen character costumes and also includes a Bonus Costume of the lovable Olaf that is available exclusively in the full costume pack.

Winter Creator Kit – Free DLC Available Now

Do You Want to Build a Snowman?

If you want to fill your LittleBigPlanet levels with winter fun and frolics for your new Frozen friends, be sure to pop by the Store and pick up the Free Winter Creator Kit to fill your Popit with all manner of creative goodies to decorate your winter levels.

LittleBigPlanet 3 – The Community’s Activity So Far

LittleBigPlanet 3 launched with a big bang last month and our community have been working hard to save the world of Bunkum from the nefarious Newton and even begun testing their creative muscles in Create Mode.

To celebrate this burst of activity from the community, we have put together this little infographic to give you all an insight into your LittleBigPlanet 3 activities in just the first couple of weeks!

All of this in just a couple of weeks! We can’t wait to see what you all do with LittleBigPlanet 3 once you have really got to grips with all of the new tools and features available in the game!

We’re really looking forward to seeing what you all create in the New Year and we can’t wait to see a community full to the brim with brand new adventures and quests for Sackboy, OddSock, Toggle and Swoop! 2015 will be your most creative year yet!

]]>http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/12/16/frozen-comes-to-littlebigplanet-elsa-anna-olaf-and-more/feed/39http://blog.us.playstation.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/frozenlbp.jpg2.8LittleBigPlanet Community Coordinator3910Tearaway Unfolded: New Trailer Revealedhttp://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/12/06/tearaway-unfolded-new-trailer-revealed/
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/12/06/tearaway-unfolded-new-trailer-revealed/#commentsSat, 06 Dec 2014 19:54:16 +0000http://blog.us.playstation.com/?p=145886The 20th anniversary of PlayStation has been a great opportunity to reminisce about a brand we’re passionate about at Mm, but it’s also a chance for us to look to the future and what we’ve got in store for it. At the moment, we’re most excited about bringing Tearaway Unfolded to a brand new audience on PS4 and have just finished work on our first hands-on demo being shown at PlayStation Experience right now!

To mark this special occasion, we have a brand new trailer to share with you all! As you’ll see, Tearaway Unfolded brings an entirely new experience to the game, thanks to the unique features of the DualShock 4. From swiping the touch pad to unleash great gusts of wind into the world, to throwing items and creatures out of your TV and into your controller, you’ll be able to break the fourth wall and make your mark on the world, all while having fun with your messenger!

We’d also like to take this moment to wish you all happy holidays! We’ve had a busy and awesome year here at Mm, and we’re only just getting started! 2015 is going to be pretty big for us, and we really can’t wait to show you what we’ve been working on. We think you’re going to like it :)

]]>http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/12/06/tearaway-unfolded-new-trailer-revealed/feed/11http://blog.us.playstation.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/10543337503_6efcfdb314_b.jpg3.6Junior Community Manager, Media Molecule110LittleBigPlanet 3: The LittleBigJourney (Part 1)http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/11/10/littlebigplanet-3-the-littlebigjourney-part-1/
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/11/10/littlebigplanet-3-the-littlebigjourney-part-1/#commentsMon, 10 Nov 2014 16:00:04 +0000http://blog.us.playstation.com/?p=143998Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of working with the brightest minds in the industry to help launch some truly remarkable games — emotional adventures (Shadow of the Colossus), memorable characters (Parappa the Rapper), technological wonders (The Eye of Judgment), thrilling online action (Warhawk) and blockbuster shooters (Killzone). But one title stands out from all the rest.

Rewind to 2007, when a small tech demo captured the gaming industry’s imagination with a crafty new character called Sackboy and a genius, passionate development team called MediaMolecule who asked everyone to Play, Create, and Share.

A few years later, LittleBigPlanet 2 debuted with new tools that unlocked whole new genres to play – from top-down adventures to first-person shooters. Again, our community responded by sharing a wealth of ingenious new creations.

This holiday, we’re asking you to join us once more and be a part of a community where it’s okay to be different, enjoy playing games, express your creativity, and celebrate the uniqueness in all of us.

]]>http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/11/10/littlebigplanet-3-the-littlebigjourney-part-1/feed/29http://blog.us.playstation.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/littlebigplanet.jpg3.79Marketing Manager, SCEA2912LittleBigPlanet 3 is Fully Backwards Compatible!http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/10/31/littlebigplanet-3-is-fully-backwards-compatible/
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/10/31/littlebigplanet-3-is-fully-backwards-compatible/#commentsFri, 31 Oct 2014 14:34:44 +0000http://blog.us.playstation.com/?p=143355Sackboy has always been an avid collector of goodies and costumes, so he’s super-happy for us to tell you today that all of your previously purchased DLC and all of your collected LittleBigPlanet and LittleBigPlanet 2 goodies will be carried forward into LittleBigPlanet 3!

Your DLC Collection Carries On!

You will be able to bring all of your LittleBigPlanet and LittleBigPlanet 2 Level Packs straight to LittleBigPlanet 3, along with your entire wardrobe of outfits for your Sackboy or Sackgirl!

So if you have a whopping collection of goodies that you have purchased over the last six years, you can be rest assured that a simple re-download from LBP3’s in-game store will add your favorite content back into your Popit for use in LittleBigPlanet 3 at no additional cost.

Import Your Profile into LittleBigPlanet 3!

Not only is it good news for your DLC Collection because if you’re a long-time fan and have played either LittleBigPlanet or LittleBigPlanet 2 previously, you will be able to import all of the goodies that you have collected in those titles to use in LittleBigPlanet 3.

That’s right! Every single Costume Piece, Material, Object, Music Track and any other creative goodies that you have collected in your previous adventures with Sackboy will be able to be imported into LittleBigPlanet 3!

Your LittleBigPlanet Earth Will Join You, Too!

Finally, if you have published any LittleBigPlanet or LittleBigPlanet 2 levels previously, you will be able to find them on your ever-familiar LittleBigPlanet Earth within LittleBigPlanet 3 so that you can pick up exactly where you left off with your published creations.

Best of all, if you have any custom content that you want to transfer from your PS3 to LittleBigPlanet 3 on PS4, you can publish levels containing this content in Prize Bubbles so that your Sackboy or Sackgirl can visit these levels to pick your goodies up for your latest creations on PS4!

One of our biggest goals with LittleBigPlanet 3 on both PS3 and PS4 was to ensure that all of your previous hard work and item collections would carry over into the latest instalment in the series, so we’re very happy to be able to bring this news to you today.

If that was a lot to take in and you feel that you may need some additional guidance on how exactly to transfer your goodies to LittleBigPlanet 3, don’t worry — you will be able to find a full set of instructions in our FAQ section on LittleBigPlanet.com, closer to launch!

]]>http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/10/31/littlebigplanet-3-is-fully-backwards-compatible/feed/102http://blog.us.playstation.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/lbp31.jpg4.22LittleBigPlanet Community Coordinator1026LittleBigPlanet 3: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry in All-Star Casthttp://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/10/07/littlebigplanet-3-hugh-laurie-stephen-fry-in-all-star-cast/
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/10/07/littlebigplanet-3-hugh-laurie-stephen-fry-in-all-star-cast/#commentsTue, 07 Oct 2014 12:00:10 +0000http://blog.us.playstation.com/?p=141586LittleBigPlanet 3 is going to be the biggest, most awesomest, most amazingest adventure yet! So we’re proud to announce today that as a LittleBigPlanet first… our entire adventure will be fully voice acted!

Long-time fans will already be well-accustomed to Stephen Fry’s dulcet tones as LittleBigPlanet’s ever-warm and loving Narrator. But evil is afoot for our otherwise pleasant world and the nefarious Newton is here to cause all kinds of trouble and mischief in this brand new adventure!

But just who would be the dream voice to contest against Mr. Fry…?

Introducing Hugh Laurie as the voice of Newton!

That’s right! The mischievous Newton is being voiced by none other than Stephen Fry’s long-time comedic partner… Hugh Laurie!
We have naturally always been big fans of Stephen Fry, so when it came to deciding upon a voice to act as his dastardly counterpart, we couldn’t help but think that bringing Hugh Laurie on as the voice of Newton would be just the perfect double act for LittleBigPlanet 3. We couldn’t be happier to have him on-board!

More Stars Abound in LittleBigPlanet 3!

That’s not all, though! Our brand new Adventure is filled with all kinds of wonderful characters, new Creator Curators, and more NPCs than ever before in a LittleBigPlanet game. So we needed a wonderful array of voices to help bring all these characters to life.

We don’t want to get all spoiler-y before you even have a chance to discover Sackboy’s newest story for yourself, but we wanted to let you know that you will have the opportunity to listen out for the likes of top names Peter Serafinowicz (Shaun of the Dead), and Simon Greenall (Alan Partridge, Wimbledon), along with video game stalwarts such as Nolan North (UNCHARTED series, Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor) and Tara Strong (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, The Fairly OddParents).

Returning Voices!

Last but by no means least, we have one final tease for you.

We have some additional voices returning from a previous LittleBigPlanet adventure that will be making a very welcome return when they reunite with Sackboy in his latest escapade.
Mum’s the word for now though. We’re already saying too much!

Maybe, just maybe, one of your favorite characters will be making a return though.

You can meet up with these returning voices; along with Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, and the rest of our amazing cast when LittleBigPlanet 3 launches on November 18th, 2014.

We’re so excited to bring you Sackboy’s biggest adventure yet later this year, and we can’t wait to hear what you think of everybody that he and his new friends meet.

]]>http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/10/07/littlebigplanet-3-hugh-laurie-stephen-fry-in-all-star-cast/feed/43http://blog.us.playstation.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/lbp3.jpg3.88LittleBigPlanet Community Coordinator439